interview based on sponsoring foreign wife- questions

[jhitch]

Hello everyone!
I need help and advices, please..
here is my story...
I'm the USC married to foreign wife. My wife came here in 2007 on J-1 internship trainee visa that expired in august 2008. that was her 4 visa ( J1 and H2B before) - yes she overstayed her last visa.
We met in Jan 2010 at work and started dating in may 2010. We got married in Oct 2011. and this is when all drama started.
I was married before. I met my ex during service in IRAQ and got married in jun 2008 in Texas. I don't want to go into details of that marriage but we separated in jan 2009 I moved back to my family.
My ex moved to CO. Since then had no contact with my ex, except of details regarding divorce. She got a lawyer and filed for paperwork saying it would be done within 3 months (this is how long it takes when filed in CO).
After getting married to my wife in oct 2011, we started collecting all paperwork for filing for her AOS. Wanted the divorce decree, so I called CO court to obtain one. And BAAMMM! the lawyer didn't file the paperwork! The divorce decree never took place! My current marriage was void.
I called an ex, she said she doesn't know anything (?!) , hired another lawyer in CO, which I paid for again to get this done. Paperwork was filed in Sep 2012 he kept saying the decree would be entered by december 2012. Of course it wasn't because this lawyer was missing court dates and so on and so on... (talking about the lawyers.. ) With me living in different state, I could not just go there in beat his *** .. Just kidding.
finally after another 6 months divorce decree was entered! Two weeks after, we obtained another marriage certificate.

And now questions are rising:

Our oct 2011 wedding was beautiful. We had ceremony, guests and such. But it is all invalid and went to waste
This current wedding was just at the courthouse only with my parents as witnesses. we have only 2 pics.
When IO asks about our wedding ceremony, pictures and such, what do we say?? We had beautiful wedding 1.5 years ago, this one was just formality.
Should we mention the whole drama story or just pretend that this one was a real and only wedding?
In case anybody asks how I remarried if the marriage cert asks for previous marriages/divorces. I just went with whatever i was told by my ex - the divorce would be final in jan 2010...

Thank you for your advices in advance.
any help is very much appreciated!

 

[newacct]

I don't think it's a big deal. It doesn't have to be "pictures of the wedding" specifically; it's just pictures of your relationship. You had a celebration that looked like a wedding before you actually married; and your wedding was more mundane. Other people also don't have a celebration when they marry and celebrate at a later time. What really matters is that you're married and that the relationship is real. If asked to explain, just explain how due to lawyer incompetence/misunderstanding, you though you were going to have a wedding, but the divorce was not finalized, so you actually married later. I think that's perfectly understandable.

They might not even ask for your pictures, if you have lots of other evidence.

 

[jhitch]

I don't think it's a big deal. It doesn't have to be "pictures of the wedding" specifically; it's just pictures of your relationship. You had a celebration that looked like a wedding before you actually married; and your wedding was more mundane. Other people also don't have a celebration when they marry and celebrate at a later time. What really matters is that you're married and that the relationship is real. If asked to explain, just explain how due to lawyer incompetence/misunderstanding, you though you were going to have a wedding, but the divorce was not finalized, so you actually married later. I think that's perfectly understandable.

They might not even ask for your pictures, if you have lots of other evidence.

Thank you for reply. We both feel a little relieved now.
I definitely did not have luck with divorce lawyers.. ugh

Yes, we do have bank joined account, life insurance, bills with both our names on it and bunch of other pictures taken within 3 years of our relationship.